In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joel Mayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>>>>> "Roland" == Roland Hinkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Roland> I do still have a problem that is driving me > Roland> mad. Fetchmail works fine when I start it as a > Roland> user. Unfortunately when it tries to start at boot I get > Roland> the message that it has failed. It also does not start up > Roland> from the fetchmail script within ip-up. > > >G'day Roland, > >I think this is a common problem with Debian (at least I remember it >being on the list at infrequent intervals) my solutions is to make a >.fetchmail in my home directory edit the /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/fetchmail >script so it only contains. > >su -c "fetchmail --daemon 300" <user-id-here> > >this automaticly fetches the mail from the servers in my .fetchmail >when I connect to the web > >-- >Joel > > Hi Joel,
Many thanks for your reply. Yes I found lots of articles in the archives but no real answers. I will give your suggestion a try. Cheers Roland -- Roland Hinkley
